A RARE QINGBAI 'PHOENIX-HEAD' CARVED 'PEONY' EWER Size: H:15.1cm, W:10.2cm The gently tapered body rising to a broad rounded shoulder and surmounted by a tall slender neck rising to a flaring lobed rim, the upper section of the neck modelled with a phoenix head detailed with a curved beak and shapely slender eyes below the stylised rim, the body of the ewer carved all around with scrolling peony, flanked by a short curved spout and a strap handle issuing from the neck to the shoulder, covered overall with a clear blue-tinged glaze falling short of the countersunk base revealing the white body.